Blog : Insomnia - Poor sleep

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3/6/2024 4:25 am

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Insomnia - Poor sleep

I used to be a great sleeper - to bed at 10pm and up at 6am - 8 hours of deep, restful sleep. But something has changed and now I rarely if ever have such nights and that is even with he help of a sleeping tablet. What does one do in the middle of the night, awake and restless? A default is to watch something familiar on television and hope that it will lull me to sleep; another is to read something that is sufficiently dense that the effort of trying to concentrate will knock me out - Will and Ariel Durant's History of Philosophy used to do this for me; or, maybe, a snack of some kind; and there is always the obvious standby for this group of logging on to Alt and scanning for<b> messages </font></b>or comments on my writings (there are rarely any so this doesn't take long) or doing some new writing (which is often what I do). At some point, my little eyes get heavy and I retreat to the couch and et voila I am asleep for a little while longer. But when I wake again I am not rested or refreshed and am in a funk for the rest of the day.

I know - who cares? But I warned you - writing is a way I segue back to sleep. Forewarned is forearmed, right?

Yawn. Once more unto the couch, dear friends.

NoNonsenseFromU 74M

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3/6/2024 5:40 am

Still awake and I have used this time to go back and reread some of the stories I have written and comment on them. Yes, this is a kind of self-indulgent ego surfing but I did it anyway. To my surprise, some of the stories are not bad. Not sure that's a good thing as it means I will certainly keep writing.

You have been warned - lol.

lthrlatexlvr 67M